House fans only
So, if take tonight's episode at face value (a decidedly risky proposition), Taub has quit and Foreman fired Thirteen. Combine this with the previews next week showing only Cameron and Chase, and the prospect is that we're back to late Season 3 territory except with Foreman in charge instead of House.
I wonder. You can't be in Princeton-Plainsboro's diagnostics department without getting fired/leaving at least once. Cameron quit at the of Season 3 (and came back as attending in ER). House fired Chase at the end of Season 3 but Chase returned as a member of the surgical staff. Foreman quit as well, and stayed away for a few episodes until Cuddy needed a House-minder in the middle of Season 4. Taub was almost fired in Season 4, and quit (briefly) in Season 5. House fired Thirteen in Season 5 but rehired her. House fired Kutner twice, once in the second episode of Season 4 and again a couple episodes later, etc.
On the other hand, scuttlebutt says the producers are writing out Cameron--for good. This may be a somewhat clever bit of misdirection. It gets everyone talking about the show, and drums up support for Cameron and Chase, who were somewhat neglected last season. Assuming that's the case, then the show's producers are admitting that the best thing to come out of Season 4 was Amber, but you can't keep that plotline going without compromising the show.
Or, they really are writing out Cameron (boo!), and Taub and Thirteen roll back in within the next few episodes. I hope not. The Foreman/Thirteen drama just isn't all that interesting, and we're running out of things to say about Taub's middle-aged neuroses. The series needs more Wilson and Cuddy. The best episodes revolved around them.
I wonder. You can't be in Princeton-Plainsboro's diagnostics department without getting fired/leaving at least once. Cameron quit at the of Season 3 (and came back as attending in ER). House fired Chase at the end of Season 3 but Chase returned as a member of the surgical staff. Foreman quit as well, and stayed away for a few episodes until Cuddy needed a House-minder in the middle of Season 4. Taub was almost fired in Season 4, and quit (briefly) in Season 5. House fired Thirteen in Season 5 but rehired her. House fired Kutner twice, once in the second episode of Season 4 and again a couple episodes later, etc.
On the other hand, scuttlebutt says the producers are writing out Cameron--for good. This may be a somewhat clever bit of misdirection. It gets everyone talking about the show, and drums up support for Cameron and Chase, who were somewhat neglected last season. Assuming that's the case, then the show's producers are admitting that the best thing to come out of Season 4 was Amber, but you can't keep that plotline going without compromising the show.
Or, they really are writing out Cameron (boo!), and Taub and Thirteen roll back in within the next few episodes. I hope not. The Foreman/Thirteen drama just isn't all that interesting, and we're running out of things to say about Taub's middle-aged neuroses. The series needs more Wilson and Cuddy. The best episodes revolved around them.